Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
by cm2187 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:15PM
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But if there aren't more transaction (as number of transactions), what happens when the hash rate increases? They hash incomplete blocks of transactions? Or does the same block gets confirmed by a greater number of miners?
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
by est31 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:19PM
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The second answer, although there is only one "winner" of each block's competition, so it's only one miner/mining pool which ends up confirming a transaction. It's controlled by a hardness parameter that's readjusted automatically in a regular fashion.